Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/mēkijas agjō

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From *mēkijaz + *agjō. The phrase may well have originated in a later Germanic language and spread to the others through diffusion during late Antiquity or the early Middle Ages, meaning the term needs not necessarily have existed in Proto-Germanic.

Noun

*mēkijas agjō f

1. (poetic) "sword's edge"

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *mākijas aggju
  • Old English: mǣċes eċġ
  • Old Saxon: mākies eggia
• Old Norse: mækis egg